Satellite News

The Proton/Briz-M launch of Mexico’s Centenario satellite has been rescheduled. The launch, previously scheduled for 20 April, had been postponed in order to re-confirm the flight worthiness of the Centenario satellite.

ESA and Airbus Defence and Space have signed the development and production contract for the Jason-CS/Sentinel-6A satellite. Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 is a two-spacecraft mission to carry out high-precision measurements of ocean surface topography. The contract is worth EUR177 million.

Globalstar, Inc. announced its financial and operating results for the three-month period ending 31 March 2015.

The fifth Vega launcher continues its integration process in French Guiana for a mission this summer to orbit Europe’s Sentinel-2A Earth observation satellite.

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) have formally amended the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between the two organisations for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Certification of the Falcon 9 Launch System.

The Progress M-27M supply ship disintegrated as it plummeted to Earth on Friday after suffering a failure on its way to the International Space Station.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that Thaicom Public Company Limited awarded Kratos Integral Systems International (Kratos ISI) contracts for a Satellite Control Center (SCC) and a Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C) Station.

NASA has selected 15 proposals for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), a programme that aims to turn science fiction into science fact through the development of pioneering technologies.